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• ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) -- Wheat Growers says it is looking forward to the eventual return of heavy rail service from Chamberlain to Presho as it looks at potential locations to build a $40 million facility west of Chamberlain.
• Nearly 150 people attended a series of meetings in Lyman County this past week to hear details of the Rails to the Future plan.
• The South Dakota legislature has appropriated $7.2 million to the railroad trust fund, and Rails to the Future has received more than $1 million in pledges from private investments.
• Wheat Growers Dale Locken CEO says the benefits of the facility would reach further than patrons, providing an economic lift to central South Dakota.
• Potential locations have been identified for the 110-shuttle loader facility, but a final location hasn't been picked.
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• PIERRE, S.D. (AP) -- State officials say repair work from recent flooding has been completed on both Highway 19A south of Centerville and Highway 46 from the Centerville corner east toward Beresford.
• The South Dakota Department of Transportation says both highways were reopened to traffic late Friday afternoon.
• A two-and-a-half mile stretch of Highway 34 from Howes Corner east is still closed.
• Officials say they'll likely determine when to reopen the area next week, depending on the amount of rain the area receives over the weekend from predicted storms.
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• CRAZY HORSE, S.D. (AP) -- The Crazy Horse Memorial lit up Thursday evening with a special ceremony to honor Ruth Ziolkowski (joo-uhl-KUF'-skee), the late wife of Crazy Horse sculptor Korczak Ziolkowski.
• Organizers for the "night blast," which lit up the memorial with large balls of fire, say the ceremony also commemorates the 138th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn. Crazy Horse fought against Col. George Custer during the famous battle.
• Ruth Ziolkowski died at age 87 on May 21 from cancer at age 87. Speakers at the ceremony remembered her as "grandmotherly" but also as a "strong person"

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